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Conversion rates are important to them because they buy expensive keywords via Google AdWords.

Imagine this scenario:

* say you have to pay $20 for an ad click on "SQL Server backup"

* the conversion rate is 10%

* with a 10% conversion rate, each sale will have $200 ($20 divided by 0.10) in marketing costs

* If the product costs $300, you have $100 ($300-200) in "profit"

However, if the conversion rate is 5%...

* each sale would have $400 in marketing costs ($20 divided by 0.05)

* you lose $100 per sale

Given the high cost per click for specialized keywords, they need a high conversion rate to use AdWords profitably.



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